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FT Washington bureau chief, previously Rome. Grateful marrow transplant recipient. @skirchy 's husband, father of cute boy and girl. Romanista! All views my own

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2 years
“Be not afraid” - Biden starts with the words of Pope John Paul ll
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In CNN interview Harris also attacks the "hypocrisy" of those cheering the reversal of Roe v Wade while opposing policies that help young families and kids, like the child tax credit, child care subsidies, paid family leave, universal pre-K....
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Not just any cheese - Parmigiano Reggiano ! It producers are desperate to have it spared from US tariffs. Here's the backstory
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Woman gives Secretary Pompeo cheese in Rome. Italian Prime Minister Conte has woman removed.
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“I found it interesting they waited until after the election to make that judgment"
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Biden suggests Russia waited until after the midterms to pull out of Kherson
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“This is a bill that reflects President Biden’s belief that the best way to get the economy back on track and get it growing is to invest in working people and middle class people,”- @WHCommsDir selling stimulus in the final stretch via @financialtimes
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“He’s a 70-ish-year-old man but speaks like a 7-year-old kid. We just can’t listen to what he says now": China has learned how to handle Trump @annafifield
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Joe Biden says Elizabeth Warren recommended Wally Adeyemo for deputy treasury secretary and backing Yellen for treasury - Warren didn't get the top job but certainly shaped his picks strongly
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Biden administration officials defend cap gains tax increase, telling @FT it only affects a 0.3 % "sliver" of filers and much of that income is based on rent-seeking, so won't harm innovation via @financialtimes
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Jay Powell says it is "appropriate" for there to be discussions on a new fiscal package. "We’re a long way from a full recovery"
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1 year
Democratic Senator announces new investment in his state by LG and Hyundai as Biden's IRA subsidies kick in
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BREAKING: Following my April trade mission to South Korea, tonight I am announcing LG Energy Solutions and Hyundai will build a $4.3B, 3,000-job EV battery plant in Georgia.
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"Biden has a deep sense of the hinge moment we are in. I think he understands the need to get it right for future generations" - @ChrisMurphyCT told me. Biden arrives in Brussels at 9pm local time, big day at Nato/G7/EU tomorrow - then on to Poland.
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"We have seen the Russians begin to draw away from Kyiv. But we have little confidence at this stage that it marks some significant shift or a meaningful retreat," a US official told us.
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So thrilled and grateful to take over as Washington bureau chief for the FT !! We have such a talented team of superb reporters and wonderful colleagues that I love working with ! Thanks to @khalafroula and @SpiegelPeter for your confidence in me and @Dimi for showing me the way!
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Congratulations to @JamesPoliti for being named @FT DC bureau chief! Read more here:
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Some personal news : I'm thrilled to say I'll soon be moving back to Washington, joining @Dimi and the great @FT team in DC in August as world trade editor. Will be sad to leave Rome after a wonderful 4 years, but very excited about the new adventure!
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2 years
US ambassador to the UN @LindaT_G tells @margbrennan that she's not surprised by Putin's nuclear deterrence alert move, saying he has “tried everything possible to actually put fear in the world”.
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Biden suggests Russia waited until after the midterms to pull out of Kherson
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Biden says: "We should give diplomacy every chance to succeed. And I believe there are real ways to address our respective security concerns"
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6 years
Luciano Barra Caracciolo, a staunch critic of the euro and the EU who has claimed Italy's constitution is undermined by EU treaties, has been tapped to be PM Conte's main adviser on EU affairs
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Salvini this morning denied wanting to leave the euro. Here's an interview I did with him in October 2016. “Everyone who votes for us will know that a Northern League government would get rid of the euro and move back to a national currency,"
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“We knew it was coming. They said they were gonna do it, but yet when it happened, it was like cold water in the face. It was now real. And I think it scared people,” a Democratic official in Brighton, Michigan, told me about the overturning of Roe.
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Georgia Dem senator @ossoff , who championed the solar incentives and the Korean investment, said it was a step towards ending the sector's dependence on Chinese supply chains
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7 years
To cap the day, the interior ministry announces that Colin Firth has become an Italian citizen
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7 months
This is ⁦ @VP ⁩ Harris arriving in Charleston SC for a stop on her “fight for our freedoms” college tour. After coming off AF2 she gave her first remarks on Israel: she was “completely outraged” by Hamas attacks and vowed to give Israel what it needs “to defend itself”.
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People close to Trump's Palm Beach fundraiser next week say he will bring in $33 million, eclipsing the big Biden event in NYC tonight with Obama and Clinton, with will raise more than $25 million via @ft
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2 years
US Treasury guidelines issued today warn that OFAC will use its "targetting authorities" to hit non-US banks that support Russian sanctions evasion, including through Mir
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Western efforts will target individuals handling payments on behalf of Russians as well as businesses that have helped set up parallel payment networks for Moscow, report ⁦ @HenryJFoy ⁩ ⁦ @Sam1Fleming ⁩ ⁦ @JamesPoliti ⁩ and ⁦ @laurapitel
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SCOOP: US and UK are set to announce deeper cooperation on implementing and enforcing sanctions at OFAC and OFSI
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6 years
Worth listening to all of Mattarella's speech if you speak Italian. 7 dense minutes.
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#Quirinale : dichiarazioni alla stampa del Presidente della Repubblica Sergio #Mattarella al termine delle #consultazioni
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USTR response to @Aime_Williams : “We have not received a request to join the USMCA and there is no accession clause in the agreement"
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"Blinken has accepted the invitation to have a meeting with Foreign Minister Lavrov or engage with him next Wednesday" - Psaki says.
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10 months
Since President Biden twice today cited the @FT as been among the earliest to have used the term "Bidenomics" I looked at our archives and found our first was this column by @EdwardGLuce in August 2020
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"One of Italy's greats" : my interview with Emma Bonino on migrants, Europe, cancer and her tiny Roman penthouse
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Italy "does not and will not recognize" Catalonia's independence : foreign ministry
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"This is the business model for today’s Republican party: stoking outrage, creating fear and then exploiting that fear" - @JoshuaChaffin with a deep-dive into the Florida governor, who is weighing a 2024 presidential run
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US Senate passes $95bn bill including aid for Ukraine after months of deadlock. Biden vows to sign it tomorrow and start delivering help to Kyiv later this week. Vote was 79-18. 15 Republicans and 3 Dems opposed it. via @ft
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6 years
I do wonder if this was Salvini's game all along
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Meanwhile, the League and Silvio Berlusconi don’t back the 5 Star Movement’s calls for impeaching Mattarella. What if the past 10 days were just a ploy to try and win an outright majority for the centre-right at the next election? #Italy
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Italian foreign minister Enzo Moavero has summoned the French ambassador after yesterday's spat over the Aquarius
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After months of uncertainty, dwindling hope, and setbacks on the battlefield, the GOP-controlled House passes Ukraine aid - huge day on Capitol Hill @LaurenFedor and @ChristopherJM via @ft
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6 years
Thanks for the warm welcome to the FT's very talented DC bureau! From Italian populism to US trade wars, a new adventure begins...
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Great to welcome back to Washington my old friend & colleague @JamesPoliti who will be covering all things trade for us @FinancialTimes
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US Treasury clarifies that ban on imported oil from Russia does not apply to Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which delivers Kazakh oil via Russia.
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3 years
Very happy to say that @colbyLsmith will be joining the DC bureau of the @FT starting this week as US economics editor including coverage of the Fed ! Welcome to the team Colby !
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3 years
Jay Powell says he expects any jump in inflation this year will be “Neither large nor sustained”
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6 years
A few magic numbers to watch in the Italian election - to try to keep things simple, since it will get very messy
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@JakeSullivan46 tells @KatrinaManson : "America will stumble and fall and get knocked down on the mat, but what makes our country capable of great things is that we get back up again, and we learn from our mistakes and we self-correct" via @financialtimes
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6 years
Giuseppe Conte declines to back EU united front against Trump on trade as well, says Italy will "carry a moderate position" and try to understand the roots of the conflict
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The Italians have given secretary Mnuchin a new job
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Pelosi in letter to colleagues on BBB after Manchin walkout: "While it is disappointing that we may not have a law by the end of the year, we are hopeful that we will soon reach agreement so that this vital legislation can pass as soon as possible next year".
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2 years
No big breakthrough from Putin-Biden call: senior US official says there has been "no fundamental change in the dynamic". But adds diplomatic path remains open and stakes are too high not to give Putin " every chance to avoid actions that we believe would be catastrophic"
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"As a young female living in the US, I simply never want to see it happen that abortion access becomes restricted in the state that I live in” @courtney_ft @germanotes @caitlinsgilbert and @TaylorNRogers on the Roe factor in the midterms
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And in Michigan, where I travelled in September for this @FT big read, Whitmer easily won re-election, the ballot measure to protect abortion rights passed, the state legislature flipped, and vulnerable Dem incumbents like @ElissaSlotkin survived.
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Seehofer has invited Salvini to Berlin, as they develop a common proposal on the protection of "external borders", according to statement from the interior ministry. They spoke by phone and were "fully in tune" on immigration and security policy, the @Viminale said
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Very bad omen for press freedom in Five Star Italy as Casaleggio bans top La Stampa reporter from event because they don't like his stories
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M5S nega l’accesso al nostro giornalista al summit di Ivrea @LaStampa
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Oligarchs, banks, high-tech and energy: how the West is planning to pound Moscow if it invades Ukraine
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Jake Sullivan says US is "prepared" to impose secondary sanctions on individuals and companies in third party jurisdictions helping Russia evade sanctions
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Jim Clyburn dismisses concerns about Biden’s age in @FT interview this week with ⁦ @LaurenFedor ⁩ and ⁦ @AlecuRussell ⁩: “They said the same about Ronald Reagan” .
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3 years
US and EU on the verge of a big breakthrough in transatlantic trade relations on eve of Brussels summit - still waiting final approval from member states - FT SCOOP
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EU and US poised to resolve Airbus-Boeing trade dispute after 17 years
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UPDATE: China tries but fails to torpedo US bid to host 2026 G20. "All I can say the communique is done, the reference to the United States as the host of 2026 is part of it, and China has agreed that... and we’re gratified by that” - @JakeSullivan46
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6 years
I can't tell if my screen is frozen or the two guards of Mattarella's study are just very still #Consultazioni2018
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Sullivan: Russian invasion "is likely to begin with aerial bombing and missile attacks that could obviously kill civilians without regard to their nationality. A subsequent grounded nation would involve the onslaught of a massive force. with virtually no notice"
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Janet Yellen starts her confirmation hearing for Treasury by recalling her childhood in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and how she got an early glimpse of economic hardship. Here's her story: via @financialtimes
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Trump's motorcade left his hotel in Buenos Aires two hours ago and still no statement from the White House
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Unusually long meeting: is Mattarella basically giving Conte a tutorial on how to run a country ?
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IMF abandons public debt concerns and calls on governments to invest via @financialtimes
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Powell is reluctant to comment on the US election, either directly or indirectly. But he notes: "It is a good time to step back and let the institutions of our democracy do their jobs"
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Italian finance minister Tria has cancelled visit to Paris for meeting with Bruno Le Maire as Franco-Italian diplomatic spat escalates
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Artichokes and rubbish : the joys (and struggles) of life in Rome via @FT
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NEW from the @FT : Boris Lvin, an aide to the Russian board member at the WB, has resigned, told the FT the decision involved “rather little sacrifice on my side, especially compared to what currently endure people in Ukraine and brave protesters in Russia"
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Russian World Bank adviser quits in protest at invasion of Ukraine
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Totti, Rome’s favoured son, quits pitch on a tide of tears via @FT
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Biden denounces “sheer evil” of Hamas attacks on Israel as he starts speaking from the White House
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China’s central bank delays market entry for Visa and Mastercard via @financialtimes
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Italy's controversial EU minister Paolo Savona speaking at a book presentation at the foreign press center in Rome @Stampa_Estera - live stream here on its Facebook page
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Joe Biden taps Gene Sperling to implement $1.9tn stimulus package via @FT
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Good news alert from the @FT DC team ! Am thrilled to say @LaurenFedor is appointed deputy bureau chief and @Aime_Williams is starting a new role covering climate policy here in Washington. Congrats to both!
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“Frightened, fired up, and activated” - ⁦ @Rep_Stansbury ⁩, New Mexico Democrat, told me how millions are feeling about the SCOTUS ruling on Roe.
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Another senior Dem coming out for Russian oil ban
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Russian oil imports should be stopped. Our domestic supply is sufficient. U.S. oil companies need to join the effort and cease business with Putin-controlled Russian oil companies.
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A week on the Trump trade beat: On Mon, China/US slap more tariffs on each other, and markets tanks. On Wed, Trump goes nuclear on Huawei. Meanwhile, GOP gets restless with his endless trade wars, and by Friday, there's trade peace with Can/Mex and a reprieve for EU/Japan.
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"Politics doesn’t have to be a raging fire" - Biden appeals for unity
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“I’m here to offer my opinion, to meet with anyone who wants to talk to me about it” - @felschwartz and @LaurenFedor on Cameron's US lobbying for Ukraine aid via @ft
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Breaking from the G20 finance ministers call: Yellen withdraws US insistence on "safe harbor" stumbling block to global deal on digital tax via @financialtimes
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Scoop via @FT @felschwartz ⁩ on the Biden considering labeling goods from settlements to ramp up pressure on Israel
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"Don't even think about moving on one single inch of NATO territory" - Biden
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Happy birthday Italy !
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Ansa reporting a very aggressive letter from Visegrad countries to Gentiloni on migrants, asking to close ports
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Italian PM reacts: "No Nexit. The anti-EU right has lost the Dutch elections. Now a common commitment to change and relaunch the Union"
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Paolo Gentiloni
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No #Nexit La destra anti UE ha perso le elezioni in Olanda. Impegno comune per cambiare e rilanciare l'Unione
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Italian economy accelerates at best pace in six years at 0.9% via @FT
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White House NSC on British warning of Putin's plans for pro-Russia govt in Ukraine: “This kind of plotting is deeply concerning. The Ukrainian people have the sovereign right to determine their own future, and we stand with our democratically-elected partners in Ukraine".
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"They have mental health problems. They have domestic disputes in other countries. They have people who are lost. But these kinds of mass shootings never happen with the kind of frequency that they happen in America. Why?"
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Great job alert - come join us in the @FT DC bureau to write about trade ! Deadline for applications is September 17th
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Can Italy's public sector be Amazonised ? Diego Piacentini is trying: "Systems don't transform themselves"
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Italy's foreign ministry said it is expelling two Russian diplomats based in Rome and they are expected to leave within a week. The decision was taken "in solidarity with the UK and in coordination with EU partners and Nato allies"
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